Melissa Balmain Rochester, NY

Melissa Balmain's third book of humor, The Witch Demands a Retraction: fairy-tale reboots for adults, is due out on April 16 from Humorist Books. Her work has appeared in The American Bystander, Lighten Up Online, McSweeney’s, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Rattle, Success, The Washington Post, Weekly Humorist and elsewhere. She is a recovering mime.